Explore our resources to learn about how to personalise care and support.
Explore our resources to learn about how to personalise care and support.

A report aimed at social workers that discusses the need to change their workforce culture to one that is 'strengths-based' for promoting wellbeing, early intervention and prevention. Developing a...

A Social Return on Investment Analysis for Derby City Council (SROI) has found that for a three year forecast period with 10 Local Area Coordinators, £4.00 of social value would be earned for every £1.00...

The purpose of the Personal Outcomes Evaluation Tool (POET) survey 2015 for Personal Health Budget Holders and Family Carers is to provide insight into the experiences of personal health budget holders...

This Guide, aimed at council commissioners and providers, sets out how councils can contract flexibly with a service provider to meet a person's needs, and contract in a way that gives the person more...

This document covers six different methods for hosting meetings including World Café, Counting in Local Assets and Who is missing and how might we engage them. It was developed with elected members and...

This resource is aimed at commissioners charged with meeting the new duties to provide advocacy under the Care Act. It helps commissioning officers in councils to think through their new duties and understand...

This framework was written by The University of Birmingham to support the implementation of the Care Act. It outlines 12 standards of high quality person-centred and outcomes-focused commissioning.

In 2010, Averagetown's council based its adult social care commissioning on outputs - numbers of people or things happening, for example the number of people attending an activity. Following a review,...

Anyplace council's mental health commissioners have always understood the importance of quality assessments to check the quality of providers and their services: "We have always had a strong focus...

Anytown council's social care commissioning manager wanted to work more closely with people who use services throughout the commissioning process. She knew that previous commissioning work had not involved...

NHS Wakefield District and Wakefield Council's Joint Public Health Unit piloted an asset and co-production approach as part of the programme reviewing their Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). ...

Council officers in Localtown were asked to develop a Market Position Statement for adult social care and support. It needed to be developed and agreed quite quickly. Council officers did not feel that...
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A report aimed at social workers that discusses the need to change their workforce culture to one that is 'strengths-based' for promoting wellbeing, early intervention and prevention. Developing a...

A Social Return on Investment Analysis for Derby City Council (SROI) has found that for a three year forecast period with 10 Local Area Coordinators, £4.00 of social value would be earned for every £1.00...

The purpose of the Personal Outcomes Evaluation Tool (POET) survey 2015 for Personal Health Budget Holders and Family Carers is to provide insight into the experiences of personal health budget holders...

This Guide, aimed at council commissioners and providers, sets out how councils can contract flexibly with a service provider to meet a person's needs, and contract in a way that gives the person more...

This document covers six different methods for hosting meetings including World Café, Counting in Local Assets and Who is missing and how might we engage them. It was developed with elected members and...

This resource is aimed at commissioners charged with meeting the new duties to provide advocacy under the Care Act. It helps commissioning officers in councils to think through their new duties and understand...

This framework was written by The University of Birmingham to support the implementation of the Care Act. It outlines 12 standards of high quality person-centred and outcomes-focused commissioning.

In 2010, Averagetown's council based its adult social care commissioning on outputs - numbers of people or things happening, for example the number of people attending an activity. Following a review,...

Anyplace council's mental health commissioners have always understood the importance of quality assessments to check the quality of providers and their services: "We have always had a strong focus...

Anytown council's social care commissioning manager wanted to work more closely with people who use services throughout the commissioning process. She knew that previous commissioning work had not involved...

NHS Wakefield District and Wakefield Council's Joint Public Health Unit piloted an asset and co-production approach as part of the programme reviewing their Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). ...

Council officers in Localtown were asked to develop a Market Position Statement for adult social care and support. It needed to be developed and agreed quite quickly. Council officers did not feel that...
No results found.